[Sca-cooks] Easter observances

[emilio szabo]

Bear wrote:


<< They are mentioned ... in John de Garlande's Dictionaries 
Paris 13th Century), simineus or simnenels were the equivalent 
of the Latin placentae. >>


Please bear (!) with me and help me with some questions:


How and where can I access these dictionaries? There is more than one, right? Which languages are these dictionaries about? I mean, "simineus" seems to be latin, "placenta" is latin. Is this from a Latin-Latin dictionary?


I find "simnenels" in several web documents, is this something that is found in a 13th century dictionary?


If i am not mistaken, "placenta" is used for all sorts of cakes. How do we know that there is a special connection to Easter food habits?


Comments?


E.